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THE LESSER KESTREL (Falco cenchris). 



Oct. 14tli. Holderness coast, Yorksliii'e, one shot while passing 

 south. 



THE COMMON CORMORANT {Flialacrocorax carbo). 



Two birds were seen flying south on the S.E. coast of Yorkshire on 

 the 18th and 24th of October. 



THE GANNET {Sula bassana). 



Large numbers of immature birds were seen on the 14th of August in 

 tlie English Channel between St. Albau's Head and the Shambles Light- 

 vessel (Dorset). The tirst adult was noticed oft' the N.E. coast of 

 Yorkshire on the 24th, and a few others during the first fortnight of 

 September. 



THE GLOSSY IBIS {Plfgadis falcinellus). 



Two were seen on Breydon, Norfolk, on the 28th of August. On the 

 loth oi" October three were seen and one of them shot near Hunmanby, 

 Yorkshire, and a single bird at Hornsea Mere in the same county, where 

 it stayed for several days. On tbe 19th one was shot at Lambwath in 

 Holderness, a second at Ruswarp near Whitby (where it had been for 

 several days) on the 20th, a third about the same date at Ulrome, a fourth 

 in " mid-October" at Misson, Nottingham, and a fifth about the 19th of 

 October at Holywell, Huntingdon. During the last week of October one 

 was observed on the Taw and Torridge estuary in N. Devon, on the 10th 

 of November two more were seen and one of them shot in Holderness, 

 Y'"orkshire : one was shot near Great Yarmouth on the 2nd of December. 



THE GREY LAG-GOOSE [Anser cinereus). 

 Oct. 28th, Solway, Cumberland, two small flocks seen. 

 9rtl 1 Solway, a small flock each day. 



THE BEAN-GOGSE {Anser segetum). 

 Sept. 11th. Solway, Cumberland, forty arrived. 



THE PINK-FOOTED GOOSE {Anser brachyrhynchus). 



Oct. 7th to 18th. Fair Isle (Shetland), numbers. 



„ 16th. S. coast of Yorkshire, 150 flying S. to the Lincolnshire 



coast. 

 „ 18th. S. coast of Yorkshire, 27 flying to N.W. 



